79 Ranch, Inc. v. Pitsch

This case involves adjudication of the water rights of three users of water from Big Coulee Creek in Golden Valley County. The users are Reuben C. Pitsch, the upstream user; 79 Ranch, Inc., a Montana corporation, the midstream user; and Harry Vandervoort, the downstream user. Both the upstream user and midstream user appeal from a judgment of the Golden Valley District Court which held in effect, that the water rights of the upstream user started in 1976, when they were first put to beneficial use, and that the water rights of the midstream user started in 1973, when an appropriation was…